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Eupsittula canicularis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Orange-fronted Parakeet

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102197
Element CodeABNQA06070
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
CITESAppendix II
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderPsittaciformes
FamilyPsittacidae
GenusEupsittula
Synonyms
Aratinga canicularis(Linnaeus, 1758)
Other Common Names
Conure à front rouge (FR) Perico Frente Naranja, Catano (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Possibly constitutes a superspecies with A. azurea of South America (AOU 1983). Formerly placed in the genus Aratinga. Treated as separate (as in Ridgway 1916) on the basis of genetic data (e.g., Kirchman et al. 2012; summarized in Remsen et al. 2013), which indicate that Eupsittula is not closely related to true Aratinga and is likely the sister genus to Rhynchopsitta (AOU 2014).
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-11-27
Change Date1996-11-27
Range Extent Comments
RESIDENT: Pacific slope of Middle America from central Sinaloa and western Durango south to northwestern Costa Rica (to Gulf of Nicoya and San Jose region), also in arid Comayagua Valley on Caribbean slope of Honduras. Introduced (possibly not established) in southern Florida and Puerto Rico.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

ALL SEASONS: Deciduous forest, arid scrub, swamps, open woodland, forest edge, occasionally around towns and villages, mostly in arid or semi-arid situations (AOU 1983). Roosts in trees along streams in Guatemala. In suburbs and wooded pastures in Puerto Rico. BREEDING: In native habitat, nests usually in excavations in termitaria (AOU 1983).

Ecology

Forms large noisy flocks.

Reproduction

Clutch size usually 3-5. Incubation by female, usually 30 days to hatch first egg. Young fly at about 6 weeks (Terres 1980).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest - HardwoodWoodland - HardwoodShrubland/chaparralOld fieldSuburban/orchard
Palustrine Habitats
FORESTED WETLANDRiparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNA
ProvinceRankNative
FloridaSNANo
Roadless Areas (2)
Puerto Rico (2)
AreaForestAcres
El Toro AreaCaribbean National Forest12,584
Mameyes AreaCaribbean National Forest11,150
References (13)
  1. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). Chesser, R.T., R.C. Banks, C. Cicero, J.L. Dunn, A.W. Kratter, I.J. Lovette, A.G. Navarro-Sigüenza, P.C. Rasmussen, J.V. Remsen, Jr., J.D. Rising, D.F. Stotz, and K.Winker. 2014. Fifty-Fifth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 131(4):1-15.
  3. Beissinger, S. R., and N. F. R. Snyder, editors. 1991. New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 304 pp.
  4. BirdLife International. 2004b. Threatened birds of the world 2004. CD ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  5. Cortopassi, K. A. and J. W. Bradbury. 2006. Contact call diversity in wild orange-fronted parakeet. Animal Behaviour 71:1141-1154.
  6. Howell, S. N. G., and S. Webb. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  7. Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases for neotropical birds. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  8. Peterson, R.T., and E.L. Chalif. 1973. A field guide to Mexican birds. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 298 pp.
  9. Raffaele, H. A. 1983a. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Fondo Educativo Interamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 255 pp.
  10. Raffaele, H., J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, and J. Raffaele. 1998. A guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 511 pp.
  11. Stiles, F. G. and A. F. Skutch. 1989. A guide to the birds of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA. 511 pp.
  12. Terres, J. K. 1980. The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.
  13. Zook, J. L. 2002. Distribution maps of the birds of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Unpublished.